StableBit, the guys behind StableBit DrivePool have just released a Fourth of July Fireworks add-in for WHS 2011 and SBS 2011 Essentials users. The add-in will display a special message every year on the 4th of July and gives you an option to vary the fireworks intensity based on disk activity and CPU usage. More […]
ReclaiMe Free RAID Recovery is an ideal program to use if you are using a RAID array on Windows Home Server 2011 and your RAID array goes belly up. The free software (with no adware, spyware or toolbars) is very simple to use and works with both RAID 0 (including RAID 0+1 and 1+0) and […]
Another weekly episode of the BYOB podcast has just been published for all you Build Your Own Box enthusiasts. Final resolution to the Vertex 3 saga, Tim talks about the Black Gold BGT3600 Tuner, Michael gushes over his R6970 again. Special Guest Tim Black @vinylfreak Talks about his HTPC that does double duty as his […]
It seems not many days go by without a release from the guys behind the Drive Extender replacement add-in, Drive Bender. Release 1.1.5.5 from the 2nd July 2011 includes the following changes: Update: Fault tolerant mode now fully supported. Update: Improved startup time when loading. Update: Drive removal improved and includes better user feedback. Update: […]
The HP Lights Management Driver for WHS 2011 has had an update. The driver enables users of the discontinued MediaSmart Server from HP to get the LED’s back working when upgrading these units to WHS2011. Version 1.0.4 release notes: Tested compatible hardware HP: EX48x, EX49x, X510, X310 Acer: H340 Probably compatible (testers please) HP: X311, […]
With the release of Office 365, Microsoft have released a series of videos explaining how a small business can take advantage of O365 with SBS 2011 Essentials working together: Together, SBS Essentials and O365 help improve employee productivity and business efficiency by merging the network security and data safety that the server provides, with the […]
The Windows Server Solutions SDK has some great new functionality for deploying add-In packages, but these new functions come with added complexity. For Add-In’s to support in-place upgrades there are a bunch of properties that need to be changed whenever a new version of your Add-In is built, forget one and the upgrade process is […]
StableBit DrivePool is now at build 1919, which includes the following changes: [D] Fix for error 0x800705AA (insufficient resources) when writing a file. Fixed race condition in code responsible for force closing access to open files. (used when removing a drive and other places). [D] = Driver More details on StableBit DrivePool are available here.
CloudBerry Backup for Windows Home Server (both v1 and WHS2011) has had an update. Version 2.2 Features: Google Storage support – You can now choose Google Storage as well as Amazon S3 as your online storage provider. Virtual Drive – The functionality in version 2.2 will expose Amazon S3 storage as a local disk […]
Another update to StableBit DrivePool, and this time its version 1.0.0.1917 with the following fix: Fixed folder rename access denied. More details on this Drive Extender replacement add-in are available from here.
